Re: [boost] MPL and MPL core

Subject: Re: [boost] MPL and MPL core
From: Eric Niebler (eniebler_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-03-31 20:14:38

On 3/31/2015 4:26 PM, Robert Ramey wrote:
> Peter Dimov-2 wrote
>> Bruno Dutra wrote:
>>> Oh well, I guess you convinced me to at least postpone it. I'll branch
>>> off 
>>> from what I've got so far and strip every C++03 out of it.
>>
>> I feel obliged to encourage you to not do that. People may maintain that 
>> C++03 compatibility doesn't matter, but it still does, to a surprising 
>> extent. There is considerable value in MPL2 being a drop-in replacement
>> for 
>> MPL1. One might even argue that this is the whole point of it. 
> 
> But don't we already have MPL1 for that?  If one has to make MPL2
> more complex to support MPL1 - wouldn't that defeat the whole
> point of the project?

Which is exactly why I don't see the point in writing an MPL clone.

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